Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1918

It felt as if the once-still, bottomless lake had begun to ripple. Frozen time started moving again.

Benjamin's world of black and white was finally filled with color. Only now he felt all the emotions in his memories, coming from "Benjamin's" feelings toward Shannon.

As he stared at her, his dark eyes trembled ever so slightly. And if one looked closely, one could see a rare, long-lost warmth flickering within them.

Right now, Shannon didn't notice it at all. Her gaze was fixed on the golden band that had suddenly appeared around her wrist.

She could sense that the consciousness within the contract power came from the two of them. But right now, she had no time to ponder how it came about, despite feeling confused.

Benjamin had invoked their past identity as a couple to help her, and now was not the time to get distracted.

Seeing that she remained unmoved, Benjamin opened his mouth and was about to speak when Louise's voice cut in once more. This time, she was talking to Thalia.

"You stumbled upon the perfect solution, huh?"

Thalia had bound Shannon to an extraordinary husband completely by accident.

Thalia was just as surprised. She couldn't understand why the innate laws of the Dragon Vein had suddenly failed before Shannon, but she was genuinely happy for her.

Of course, she took the chance to throw it back to Louise. "I'm just more responsible than you are." Especially as a mother.

Louise gave her a calm glance and shifted her gaze back to Benjamin. "As Shannon's husband, you do have the right to interfere in today's events. But as the Dragon Vein, you do not."

She let out a faint sigh and rose from her seat. Then, she passed through the elders flanking the path and walked straight to Shannon and Benjamin.

Her eyes held a hint of discernible emotion, but it was quickly buried under her usual air of careless indifference. She met Benjamin's gaze.

Even as the Dragon Vein, he could not expect the entire Wythorpe Clan to back down just because he said so. If he chose to protect Shannon, he should put something on the table.

Benjamin understood what Louise meant. In fact, he'd made up his mind the moment he stepped forward.

Without time to think about him and Shannon, he was about to respond when she grabbed her wrist.

Before he could speak, she said, "He doesn't need to trade anything. Your deal is with me."

Shannon still had no idea what Louise and the Wynthorpe clan ultimately wanted, but if the Ten-Tailed Elythune was the price in exchange, she could guess what Benjamin was giving up.

It was nothing more than his golden light and Core Vein Stone.

He was willing to risk it all for her, just like when he'd taken hundreds of the Divine Power's calamity lightning bolts in her place and scattered his golden light to save Seastone's fortune.